I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.

There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.

In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

There are maybe five of us still monitoring the group, but we don'tpost much.

It doesn't help that Critter, which used to be a cleaner "furnet"server no longer peers with the wide Usenet world, so the group becamesplit between spam-laden Usenet and clean Critter -- and some people couldonly access one or the other.

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

There are maybe five of us still monitoring the group, but we don'tpost much.It doesn't help that Critter, which used to be a cleaner "furnet"server no longer peers with the wide Usenet world, so the group becamesplit between spam-laden Usenet and clean Critter -- and some people couldonly access one or the other.

Ah. It is a shame that there are only a few people left. Oh, well. Ifind the discussions in a group more important than its size. As longas a few people are left, a group is not really dead. I just ignore thespammers. :)

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

Just joined here as well, will be looking through all the stuff that's on here relevant to furries... who knows, might learn something from this historical place :P

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

Just joined here as well, will be looking through all the stuff that's on here relevant to furries... who knows, might learn something from this historical place :P

Hi, Firebrand. It's great to know that I am not the only new furry,here. I thought that I might be alone! Perhaps I should take a pageout of your book and also read all of the posts. I've read several ofthem, already, and they seem very interesting! :3

What are your furry interests? I know that I would definitely love tofursuit. I'm also about to buy my first furry comic, "AssociatedStudent Bodies." There is just so much in this fandom that I findinteresting! I cannot imagine why it is so small. :)

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

Usenet is very very old (by my standards anyway), as I understand from thewiki, this place was once great. It sounds like I'm telling a story lol.Anyway, I mostly interact with furry friends on skype now, I used to go onto a few forums and use omegle to find new furs, but that time has passed. Iwas trying to find posts dating back to 1960, but I forgot that things aredated on Usenet and expire depending on the provider. Google goes back tothe year 2000.

You said you've been a furry for 5 years, how much have you explored so far?

I'm all for partial fursuits and the light ones, I can't imagine being inone of those big bulky ones, they seem... well, bulky xD.

Bought furry books off amazon a few months ago, still going through themnow. I read comics as well, though just webcomics.

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

Usenet is very very old (by my standards anyway), as I understand from thewiki, this place was once great. It sounds like I'm telling a story lol.Anyway, I mostly interact with furry friends on skype now, I used to go onto a few forums and use omegle to find new furs, but that time has passed. Iwas trying to find posts dating back to 1960, but I forgot that things aredated on Usenet and expire depending on the provider. Google goes back tothe year 2000.You said you've been a furry for 5 years, how much have you explored so far?I'm all for partial fursuits and the light ones, I can't imagine being inone of those big bulky ones, they seem... well, bulky xD.Bought furry books off amazon a few months ago, still going through themnow. I read comics as well, though just webcomics.

To my knowledge, newsgroups have only been around since the late 1970's,and Google Groups has an archive of the vast majority of these posts. Iwas able to find posts since about 1980.

I have mostly been an internet Furry, over the years, though I wouldlike to become a more active Furry, in real life. I've also readseveral furry webcomics ("Housepets!" is my favorite), but never a printfurry comic. I am also an avid browser of FurAffinity.

Post by Aeon FirebrandUsenet is very very old (by my standards anyway), as I understand from thewiki, this place was once great. It sounds like I'm telling a story lol.Anyway, I mostly interact with furry friends on skype now, I used to go onto a few forums and use omegle to find new furs, but that time has passed. Iwas trying to find posts dating back to 1960, but I forgot that things aredated on Usenet and expire depending on the provider. Google goes back tothe year 2000.

1960? ARPAnet was maybe five nodes in the early 70s. Usenet/NNTP mighthave been 1980 -- again mainly research universities and military. Themid-80s, early-90s would have been the era of CompuServe, Delphi, and GEnie(for the last, the furry community started as one forum in the ComicsRoundtable, which itself started [I think] as an off-shoot of SF/F [Ijoined when a brochure in my first modem -- 2400bps -- mentioned MercedesLackey as a regular in SF/F]).

Post by Aeon FirebrandI'm all for partial fursuits and the light ones, I can't imagine being inone of those big bulky ones, they seem... well, bulky xD.

If you've got enough money, you can distribute a few LiIon batteries,cooling panels, and small fans, into a suit.

I'm not one of those -- haven't put a suit together due to lack ofsewing skills.

I've been a furry for almost 10 years. :3 My first post on a furry forum ison this group about that time, I think. :3

Furry interests... Umm.. I dunno... Just always felt connected to skunks andwas happy to find others that felt the same way (even if not necessarilyabout skunks specifically but to other animals.)

"Starscape Majesty" wrote in message news:51d90b04$0$31572$c3e8da3$***@news.astraweb.com...

Hello, everyone,

I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.

There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.

In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.

Post by Dan SkunkHi. :3 Welcome. :3I've been a furry for almost 10 years. :3 My first post on a furry forumis on this group about that time, I think. :3Furry interests... Umm.. I dunno... Just always felt connected to skunksand was happy to find others that felt the same way (even if notnecessarily about skunks specifically but to other animals.)Hello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

I know what you mean. I am fairly shy, in person, but I always found itvery easy to relate to fantasy characters, especially furries. Ithought that I was alone in that feeling, for the longest time. Inearly died of happiness, when I found out that there were others likeme. :)

In terms of animals to which I connect, foxes have always been myfavorite animal.

Post by Dan SkunkHi. :3 Welcome. :3I've been a furry for almost 10 years. :3 My first post on a furry forumis on this group about that time, I think. :3Furry interests... Umm.. I dunno... Just always felt connected to skunksand was happy to find others that felt the same way (even if notnecessarily about skunks specifically but to other animals.)Hello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

I know what you mean. I am fairly shy, in person, but I always found itvery easy to relate to fantasy characters, especially furries. Ithought that I was alone in that feeling, for the longest time. Inearly died of happiness, when I found out that there were others likeme. :)

In terms of animals to which I connect, foxes have always been myfavorite animal.

Post by Dan SkunkHi. :3 Welcome. :3I've been a furry for almost 10 years. :3 My first post on a furry forumis on this group about that time, I think. :3Furry interests... Umm.. I dunno... Just always felt connected to skunksand was happy to find others that felt the same way (even if notnecessarily about skunks specifically but to other animals.)Hello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

I know what you mean. I am fairly shy, in person, but I always found itvery easy to relate to fantasy characters, especially furries. Ithought that I was alone in that feeling, for the longest time. Inearly died of happiness, when I found out that there were others likeme. :)In terms of animals to which I connect, foxes have always been myfavorite animal.

I agree! It is a lot easier to talk to people with similar interests.My only regret is that there are relatively few furries. I suppose thatit just makes it easier to relate to people and make friends, though. c:

Post by Dan SkunkHi. :3 Welcome. :3I've been a furry for almost 10 years. :3 My first post on a furry forumis on this group about that time, I think. :3Furry interests... Umm.. I dunno... Just always felt connected to skunksand was happy to find others that felt the same way (even if notnecessarily about skunks specifically but to other animals.)Hello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

I know what you mean. I am fairly shy, in person, but I always found itvery easy to relate to fantasy characters, especially furries. Ithought that I was alone in that feeling, for the longest time. Inearly died of happiness, when I found out that there were others likeme. :)In terms of animals to which I connect, foxes have always been myfavorite animal.

I agree! It is a lot easier to talk to people with similar interests.My only regret is that there are relatively few furries. I suppose thatit just makes it easier to relate to people and make friends, though. c:

Post by Dan SkunkHi. :3 Welcome. :3I've been a furry for almost 10 years. :3 My first post on a furry forumis on this group about that time, I think. :3Furry interests... Umm.. I dunno... Just always felt connected to skunksand was happy to find others that felt the same way (even if notnecessarily about skunks specifically but to other animals.)Hello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

I know what you mean. I am fairly shy, in person, but I always found itvery easy to relate to fantasy characters, especially furries. Ithought that I was alone in that feeling, for the longest time. Inearly died of happiness, when I found out that there were others likeme. :)In terms of animals to which I connect, foxes have always been myfavorite animal.

I agree! It is a lot easier to talk to people with similar interests.My only regret is that there are relatively few furries. I suppose that

Hehe. I suppose that's true. I have met a couple of furries, in real life.

Post by Starscape MajestyI agree! It is a lot easier to talk to people with similar interests.My only regret is that there are relatively few furries. I supposethat it just makes it easier to relate to people and make friends,

Hehe. I suppose that's true. I have met a couple of furries, in real life.

Usenet is... well, I wouldn't say it's on it's last legs, exactly -Google's Groups integration seems to be acting as life support, but withthe spam issue, and how most ISPs have knocked their NNTP access on thehead, it's not really attracting that many new users (he says, havingjoined in ~2007...).

It's just that most furry stuff happens on forums and image sites (or theforums of image sites), or IRC, these days.

Post by Starscape MajestyI agree! It is a lot easier to talk to people with similar interests.My only regret is that there are relatively few furries. I supposethat it just makes it easier to relate to people and make friends,

Hehe. I suppose that's true. I have met a couple of furries, in real life.

Usenet is... well, I wouldn't say it's on it's last legs, exactly -Google's Groups integration seems to be acting as life support, but withthe spam issue, and how most ISPs have knocked their NNTP access on thehead, it's not really attracting that many new users (he says, havingjoined in ~2007...).

It's just that most furry stuff happens on forums and image sites (or theforums of image sites), or IRC, these days.

Post by Starscape MajestyI agree! It is a lot easier to talk to people with similar interests.My only regret is that there are relatively few furries. I supposethat it just makes it easier to relate to people and make friends,

Hehe. I suppose that's true. I have met a couple of furries, in real life.

Usenet is... well, I wouldn't say it's on it's last legs, exactly -Google's Groups integration seems to be acting as life support, but withthe spam issue, and how most ISPs have knocked their NNTP access on thehead, it's not really attracting that many new users (he says, havingjoined in ~2007...).It's just that most furry stuff happens on forums and image sites (orthe forums of image sites), or IRC, these days.

I pay €10/year for spam-free access (well, mostly - killfile the few thatget missed, and the odd... personality), so it's not too bad.

There are free options - google groups and critter.net have beenmentioned, and are probably the best.

Post by Starscape MajestyI agree! It is a lot easier to talk to people with similar interests.My only regret is that there are relatively few furries. I supposethat it just makes it easier to relate to people and make friends,

Hehe. I suppose that's true. I have met a couple of furries, in real life.

Usenet is... well, I wouldn't say it's on it's last legs, exactly -Google's Groups integration seems to be acting as life support, but withthe spam issue, and how most ISPs have knocked their NNTP access on thehead, it's not really attracting that many new users (he says, havingjoined in ~2007...).It's just that most furry stuff happens on forums and image sites (orthe forums of image sites), or IRC, these days.

I pay €10/year for spam-free access (well, mostly - killfile the few thatget missed, and the odd... personality), so it's not too bad.

There are free options - google groups and critter.net have beenmentioned, and are probably the best.

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

I can't seem to find anything before 2000 though, so what filters are you guys using?

For the most part, I just post from a newsreader. When I do searchGoogle Groups, though, I just using normal filters. Perhaps yourproblem has to do with the fact that this particular group was onlyfounded in 1996. There are other groups with much older posts.

Post by Starscape MajestyHello, everyone,I am new to this newsgroup, and, if it is alright with you, I would liketo introduce myself. If this group is still active, perhaps we couldchat a little.There's not much to say. I have been a furry for nearly 5 years, so Iam not exactly new. I know that I have not been a furry for nearly aslong as others, though. I have two fursonas: Foxybrowser, the CorsacFox, and Starscape Majesty, the MLP Pegasus Pony.In terms of my furry interests, I am a huge fan of animated Disney filmsand My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I would love to go to aconvention, one day, too, and maybe even fursuit! For now, though, I amjust a fan through the internet.So, how is everyone?

I myself joined when I saw another furry on cracked.com, funnily enough.

It just went on from there, and I've had a really enjoyable time just exploring, then meeting people all over the place.

I'm a wolf person, since I find them quite interesting and also I like the traits they represent. By my fursona being a wolf... I wished to gain those traits. Sounds a bit strange perhaps.